Pair in the aquarium
A pair of Crenicichla vittata in the aquarium of Xavier Longy [France].Photo by Florent de Gasperis. (09-Apr-2014).

Family
Cichlidae

Sub-family
Cichlinae

Tribe
Geophagini

Genus
Crenicichla

Group
Lacustris

Status
valid


Crenicichla vittata Heckel, 1840

Original description as Crenicichla vittata:

ZooBank:D7690638-3BA6-4229-9C09-6F65B8E187B6.

  • Heckel, Johann Jakob. 1840. "Johann Natterer's neue Flussfische Brasilien's nach den Beobachtungen und Mittheilungen des Entdeckers beschrieben (Erste Abtheilung, Die Labroiden)". Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. pp 325-471 (crc00007)

Conservation: Crenicichla vittata is not evaluated by the international union for the conservation of nature in the iucn red list of threatened species.

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